RE: [videoblogging] +Re: The Cult of the Amateur

2007-07-14 Thread Robert Scoble
Of Frank Sinton Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:37 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] +Re: The Cult of the Amateur The revolution, to me, is that the walled gardens of old media no longer exist - they no longer decide what is good and what is garbage (BTW - how many

Re: [videoblogging] +Re: The Cult of the Amateur

2007-07-13 Thread Jay dedman
but what IS surprising is when some of us, who are expecting a revolution from the social media sphere, rally to the defense of this mediocrity. who is doing this? jay -- Here I am http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Check out the latest project: http://politicalvideo.org 500 hours

Re: [videoblogging] +Re: The Cult of the Amateur

2007-07-13 Thread Ron Watson
Heath, Didn't you get the memo? Profit is more important than people. The internet is a tool that delivers profit, and we can't have people expropriating that profit to do something as stupid as 'connect' with another person. Every megabyte that goes towards connecting people is one that

Re: [videoblogging] +Re: The Cult of the Amateur

2007-07-13 Thread Michael Verdi
What's crappy or mediocre to one person is pure gold to another. There's room for it all on the internet. And that is the whole fucking point! You don't have to be good to be on the Internet and nobody can make you watch the stuff you don't want to watch. Some of my favorite videos are the ones